Just a bit of action: Kerr Holden and Minki Hong

From Granville Street to Seoul’s ​“B‑rate” cinemas and the depths of an athlete’s physical injury, these documentaries are threaded by the desire for just a bit of action. As a competitive Street Fighter player in the scene, Kerr Holden’s The MovieLand Movie is a visual ode to the legendary arcade that closed in 2021. Through it, she spotlights the arcade’s regulars and staff through a montage of heated rivalries and custodial perspectives. As told by an orange, elven drag queen, and narrated by concession snacks and other friendly objects, Minki Hong’s Paradise shares queer histories of Seoul’s gay bars and movie theatres that were repurposed as cruising spots in the early ​’90s. The program concludes with Holden’s latest, Judas Icarus Twists His Wrist, which features a local wrestler recovering from a wrist injury. Weaving between scenes of artistic and physical discipline, it shows us the embodied will to execute one’s craft.